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#IPHONE FREE DICTATION SOFTWARE SOFTWARE#

Granted, the speech recognition isn’t as advanced as Nuance’s…but still, one wonders. Translation applications like Jibbigo have speech recognition, translation, and text to talk code and still don’t require connecting to a central server. I’m not suspicious of Nuance using servers to handle speech recognition, but I’m a little surprised it’s still necessary. Luckily, Nuance has promised to make the upload of contact optional in the next version. This information is only used to help recognize which names you’ll be using in speech, but it still worries some. Even more concerns have arisen over Dragon sending your contact list to the server during translation. Although all the translation is handled by computers, no information is saved, and the servers are secure, reviews at the App store have repeatedly complained about the possible infringement on privacy. Each spoken recording is sent to Nuance’s servers, converted to text, and then returned to the user. While many are impressed with Dragon Dictation’s capabilities, there’s some big concerns about the way it processes those dictations. We’re likely to see the smart phones of the future run on a combination of touch, talk, and physical movement. The new 3GS iPhone has voice command capabilities and Nuance provides the voice command routines for the Samsung Rogue (see the second video below). As speech recognition technology improves further it’s going to become even more universal. 3G connections bring that time up to around three seconds or so (depending on connection). Wifi connections allow for text conversions to happen in a second or less. It can’t directly interact with other applications, but that’s Apple’s fault (damn the ‘no Apps running in the background’ restriction). It let’s you cut and paste text into other Apps. It allows you to edit converted text easily. Check out the demo video from Nuance after the break.ĭragon Dictation lets you record speech, edit, and send via SMS, email, or clipboard.ĭragon Dictation has most of the features you’d want in a speech to text App. Dictations up to 30 minutes can be converted to writing and then emailed, texted, or copied to the clipboard for later use.

#IPHONE FREE DICTATION SOFTWARE FOR FREE#

Dragon Dictation is now available for free on the App store and it brings all of the high quality speech recognition you’d expect from Nuance and puts it in the palm of your hand.

#IPHONE FREE DICTATION SOFTWARE SOFTWARE#

Nuance, the creators of the successful Dragon Naturally Speaking dictation software have expanded into mobile service.

Can’t afford a stenographer? Well now iPhone has an App for that.

Iphone free dictation software